What the body construes as a toxin can be one of two forms exotoxins (toxins that external to the body) or endotoxins (toxins that develop within the body).
An exotoxin is typically any one of thousands of industrial, agricultural or household chemical substances that we are exposed to in our everyday life. To a certain point, we can restrict and limit our exposure to these environmental toxic substances. The choices we make when we shop is one arena of our life where we can be in virtually complete control. Increasingly more shops are providing high quality cleaning and other products that are toxin-free.
Endotoxins are less easy to control. These are the by-products of the natural metabolic operations of our body. An endotoxin can be a digestive waste product, anti-bodies, excess hormones and cellular material whose biochemical elements need to be eliminated.
Many who live in urban cultures today suffer from exceptional amount of toxic overload. Even though our body is created with the ability to handle the filtering and excretion of endotoxins, the body cannot ordinarily deal with the rising number of exotoxins that we take in through our food, beverages, air, household products and personal care products.
Despite our most enthusiastic attempt to avoid environmental toxins, our power to do so is very problematic. We are exposed to an overwhelming number and assortment of chemical substances that are totally foreign, if not really harmful, to our body. Simplistic ways we can reduce our exposure to toxins is to purchase natural, organic ingredient health care and cleaning products, and to always choose organic produce when available.
In addition to avoiding our exposure to internal and external toxins, we can do a great deal toward assisting the body’s natural detoxification operations. Doing a seasonal body detox will cleanse your body and greatly minimize the physical load on your body caused by toxicity.